Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 01:27:36 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Artem Koutchine <matrix@gerpa.ru> Cc: Matthias Buelow <mkb@altair.mayn.de>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VMWare for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911080122400.2296-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <004301bf293e$245f4dc0$0100a8c0@m1>
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On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Artem Koutchine wrote:
> >This is preposterous argumentation. Most real workstations don't
> >run Linux. Do you consider them to be imperfect as well compared
> >to a Gnu/Linux PC? FreeBSD makes a perfect workstation for me.
> >Please limit your statements to yourself next time when they're
> >obviously subjective.
>
>
> Well, 95% is subjective, but the fact that FreeBSD is for sure NOT the
> best workstation (i.e. a place to work for a single user which is not
> just administering another FreeBSD box or writing cgi scripts in perl).
Actually, 100% of the computers at work that I've switched away from
Windoze have gone to FreeBSD...I sit the prospective "switchee" down and
explain to them that I'm going to be installing FreeBSD for them, and
that, when finished, they tell me what they need to do that they could do
before and we find solutions for them...
FreeBSD, IMHO, is no worse then Linux for a single user platform, and,
since its *my* workstation of choice, its better for the end-user as i'm
more apt to care if they are having problems. Linux is great for those
end-users that want to install themselves and have as easy a time of it as
Windoze, but, IMHO, that is where the "greatness" ends...*shrug*
> > The problem is that software compare clearly shifted their interests
> towards Linux and almost totally ignore FreeBSD (except for those
> which create server software, because that know that FreeBSD make
> a perfect server). VMWare is a very goods example (read their FAQ
> and you'll see that they are not even going to consider to write a FreeBSD
> version)
IMHO, though, VMWare is "server software", not
workstation...*shrug* So, by your argument, it should be ported to
FreeBSD...
Frankly, I haven't looked at FreeMWare, but if/when someone makes
a port of it (sorry, it won't be me, zero time), then I'll gladly play
with it...would love to save having to reboot my machine for those times
I want to play Baldur's Gate :)
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
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